CMS will begin accepting applications for the 10-year voluntary model on January 12, 2026, with an initial deadline of April 1, 2026. ACCESS will begin July 1, 2026. There has been a significant amount of hype over the announcement throughout the industry. What are they saying?
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By Steven Posnack – It wasn’t always so, but today we have technology available to exchange health information anywhere there’s an internet connection. What’s slowing us from doing so at nationwide scale is trust. The frictions are human and institutional. They cannot be addressed exclusively with technology.
New at CMS: Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions Model tests an outcome-aligned payment approach designed to give people with Original Medicare new options to improve their health and prevent and manage chronic disease with technology-supported care.
By Arthur Allen – While the FDA is streamlining regulation of copycat versions of the expensive drugs that millions take for arthritis, cancer, and other diseases, the U.S. patent office is making it harder for the cheaper medicines to get on the market, industry officials say.
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVPs) registration window for the 2025 performance year is closing. Individuals, groups, subgroups, and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entities that wish to report an MVP can register or update an existing registration until December 1, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET.
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CMS released its final 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule on October 31, outlining policy changes aimed at improving quality, efficiency, and innovation across Medicare—though early reactions from industry groups are mixed.
Supporting the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide, standards-based health information exchange to improve health care nationwide. Here is what is happening at the ASTP.
By Amy Ardisana – CMS has released the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, proposing several changes to the QPP and its reporting frameworks. Unlike previous years marked by extensive regulatory overhauls, CMS has proposed a limited number of policies, emphasizing its commitment to program stability while continuing the strategic transformation of healthcare quality measurement.